Staff writer for The Atlantic, Franklin Foer joins us to talk about his research into Amazon and what happens when Big Tech takes on not just the nuts-and-bolts of government but our planet too.
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How Abusers Stalk Through The Courts
Journalist Jessica Klein joins us to talk about the little known trauma of “paper abuse”.
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FaceTime Makes The Heart Grow Fonder
Joe Pinkser joins us to talk about how technology enables people to feel close while physically apart – and to talk about how our thinking about long-distance relationships has evolved.
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How To Fix The Catholic Church
As child abuse cases and alleged cover-ups across the world continue to haunt the Catholic Church, James Carroll joins us to argue that the church’s clerical hierarchy is to blame.
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Should We Stop Taking Your Huddled Masses?
David Frum joins us to walk through the many complicated issues at play with immigration like the question that divides us– how much is too much?
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The Perils Of Worshiping Work
Derek Thompson joins us to talk about how work often fills the voids left by relationships, religion and other forms of human connection – and about the dangers of allowing work to be all things. His story “Workism Is Making Americans Miserable” appears in The Atlantic.
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Yes, Animals Are Conscious
Ross Andersen joins us to talk about how researchers are now operating from an assumption that all animals are conscious until proven otherwise, which he writes about for The Atlantic.
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Are Facebook Friends Really Friends?
Julie Beck joins us to talk about how Facebook has changed the way we view friendship – and about how we now hold onto friendships long past their expiration date. Her essay “Facebook: Where Friendships Go to Never Quite Die” appears on the website of The Atlantic.
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Why America Should Still Lead
Jake Sullivan, former national security adviser for Vice President Joe Biden, joins us to make the case that American exceptionalism is alive and well, which he writes about for The Atlantic.
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What Trump Can Do In A State Of Emergency
Elizabeth Goitein, co-director of the Liberty and National Security Program at the Brennan Center for Justice, joins Krys Boyd to discuss the powers that presidents acquire who declare states of emergency, which she writes about for The Atlantic.
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The Casino Trap
This hour, we’ll talk about how nearly every element of casinos is designed to keep the player playing with John Rosengren. His story “How Casinos Enable Gambling Addicts” appears in the December issue of The Atlantic magazine.
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How American Politics Went Insane
This hour, we’ll talk with Jonathan Rauch about his recent piece in The Atlantic, “How American Politics Went Insane.”
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